"Valencia is so strong? Their results in the league seem to be average, and their ranking is lower than Barcelona..." Paredes muttered to himself as he looked at the TV screen.

"You don't know this. Can you win if you have a high ranking in the league? This is not the case for football games. Are you right? Penelope?" Love pushed Penelope with his hand and said with a smile.

"Ah...ah?" Penelope, who was dazed, said absent-mindedly.

"What's wrong with you? Don't you hate Barcelona the most? They were beaten four to one in the first half!" Love said strangely. According to Penelope's usual performance, seeing Barcelona lose so badly, he was probably already excited to circle around the room...

"Oh... nothing, I'm happy that they lost." Penelope replied subconsciously. In fact, Penelope should be very happy at this time, because in her vision, Valencia beat Barcelona and then lost to Real Madrid, whom she supported, in the final. Now that this vision has been basically half completed, she has no reason to feel a little disappointed like she is now...

Penelope had an idea in his mind that she didn't believe it but it did exist - what if Valencia killed Barcelona and Real Madrid in succession?

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Penelope shouted, then waved his head vigorously, as if he wanted to drive this thought out of his mind.

The other people were no longer surprised by her sudden action. They just exchanged glances with each other and said: "This girl is starting to get nervous again..."

The twenty-minute rest time passed in a blink of an eye. After the second half began, Valencia's tactics were almost no one expected - they began to move from a fierce offense to an extremely conservative defense, with eight people participating in the defense at the same time, leaving only Tiger and Lopez in the frontcourt to prepare for counterattack...

Pellegrino, who had an own goal in the first half, seemed extremely brave in the second half. He stared at the only high point in the opponent's penalty area. Under the intensive defense, the high center forward who frozen the opponent almost blocked half of the opponent's offensive route. What's more, under his entanglement, it was difficult for Cruivet to complete the goal...

Barcelona players also seem to lack the intention of rushing to attack fiercely. When Valencia got the ball and was trying to kill time in the backcourt, their frontcourt pressing was not so fierce...

Compared with the magnificent attack in the first half, the entire second half seemed much boring. However, Valencia's fans didn't care about this. They firmly believe that the tone of the semi-finals has been set and Valencia will definitely be able to enter the finals of the European Champions League for the first time in club history!

As time passed by minute by minute, Barcelona fans became increasingly desperate.

Van Gaal yelled on the sidelines for a long time but there was no effect. Later, he stopped shouting and sat on the coach's seat with a gloomy face. Cooper seemed much more relaxed than him, and began to smoke one by one on the sidelines. Cooper was also a smoker coach, so many people thought that his future performance was very ordinary because FIFA announced new rules a few years later and did not allow the head coach to smoke on the sidelines...

After the game was in stoppage time, Valencia made another blow on Barcelona's already scarred body. Kili, Mendeta, Tiger and Lopez made extremely smooth personal cooperation in the frontcourt. Mendeta received a cross from Kili and then passed straight in the middle. Tiger hit the bottom beautifully. Lopez, who was at the far point, inserted his right foot in time and easily pushed the ball into the empty goal, five-to-one!

"It's so hard to believe... Valencia completed another massacre at home! This season's Mestalia is simply a nightmare for European giants! Although it's just a game, I believe no one will doubt that they can enter the finals of the Champions League this season. No matter who the opponent in the final is, the only thing they are grateful for is that the venue for the finals of the Champions League is not in Mestalia, and they don't need to suffer a lot on this court..."

Like Lazio's players, Barcelona's players also fled and left Mestalia, leaving only Valencia's players cheering in the center of the stadium, celebrating their entry into the finals - almost reaching the finals!

"We will win the Champions League, right?" Lopez shouted excitedly. He has participated in the World Cup and scored goals in the World Cup, but he has not yet achieved any honors in his personal honor. He is not young and does not want no honors worth mentioning in his career. There are a large number of veterans such as Pellegrino, Caboni, and Anganoma...

"Yes, we will definitely win the Champions League!" Gerard shouted with confidence. Compared with Lopez and the others, Farinos, Gerard and others were much younger. However, Gerard, a player who was swept out of Barcelona for various reasons, was more eager for honor. They wanted to use their performance to prove that the original team gave up on them was definitely a mistake - there are many people with similar ideas to Gerard, such as Canisares, who came from Real Madrid youth training, but had not received any chance in Real Madrid. If he could play against Real Madrid in the final and defeat Real Madrid, it would be the best counterattack against Real Madrid - Gerard had already fought back...

Perhaps Canisares' prayer played a role. In the next day's game, Real Madrid, who was scored eight goals by Bayern this season, played a beautiful game at home. Anelka's most valuable goal this season and Jerry Messe's own goal allowed Real Madrid to beat Bayern two goals at home. Anelka, who was ridiculed by Real Madrid fans as "not doing anything well", finally showed his edge in this game. His speed and skills kept torturing Bayern's defense. While scoring a goal, he also effectively restrained Bayern's defense. Anelka made great contributions in this victory.

"The Spanish Civil War that happened in the Champions League final for the first time in history is about to appear!" The Spanish media began to hype this concept wildly. If Valencia and Real Madrid both entered the Champions League final, it would be the first time in the history of the Champions League that the two sides came from the same league team in the last 50 years!

"After the expansion of the Champions League, there are more and more strange things."

Italy's "Milan Sports" said sourly after the game that they refer to the two league runners-ups in the last season in the finals of the previous season, and the teams in the finals of this season are teams from the same country. Now the status of the first league in Serie A is becoming increasingly precarious. The strength of La Liga makes them almost lose their position as the first league in Europe. No wonder the Italians are so sour...

However, for Valencia and Real Madrid, who have basically given up the league this season, they don’t care about anything. All they have to do is to keep the victory in the second round and then face the finals in the best condition!

Real Madrid wants to win the eighth Champions League championship in club history, while Valencia wants to win the first Champions League championship in club history!

Valencia's condition became better and better after defeating Barcelona at home. In the next round of the league, they swept the strong Real Sociedad four-zero at home again. Tiger scored twice in the game, Lopez and Kili scored one goal each, and Real Madrid's condition declined. They lost to Alaves 0-1 at home, obviously intending to keep their physical fitness in the away game against Bayern, while Barcelona continued to sink. Although La Coruña was tied by Zaragoza at home, they lost 0-1 to Vallecano away, and with only two rounds left in the league, they fell behind La Coruña with only two rounds left, and the hope of winning the league championship began to become extremely insignificant.

Van Gaal's left and right swings hurt Barcelona. If he focuses on the league after the first leg's defeat, they might still win a league championship, but he still allowed most of the main players to retain their physical fitness in an attempt to complete another miracle at home, just like a home reversal in the quarter-finals.

Unfortunately, miracles are miracles after all and cannot happen often.

On May 10, Anelka became a hero of Real Madrid again. With the goal conceding after the opening, he equalized the score with a difficult header in the penalty area. This goal put Bayern in the abyss. Although Elber helped Bayern gain a lead again in the second half, a 2-1 victory at home can only allow them to get out without losing face, and is not enough to make them advance.

In two rounds, Real Madrid entered the Champions League final with their heads held high, and it has become a fact that the Champions League final of the same league team has appeared for the first time.

"Solid defense, pay attention to counterattack, don't foul, don't take yellow cards, this is my requirement."

Cooper only said this before the game, and Caboni, who was suspended after taking another yellow card, was placed on the bench by him - the advantage of four goals in the first leg gave him the confidence to start considering the final in advance.

Nearly 100,000 people flocked to the Camp Nou Stadium, hoping that the team could create miracles. However, Barcelona, ​​who was unscrupulous, disappointed them. In the whole first half, although Barcelona had the advantage, in the face of Valencia's stable defense, they had only one shot within the goal frame. When the referee blew the whistle to the end of the first half, everyone knew that Barcelona was finished.

Mendeta's goal shortly after the start of the second half completely declared the end of the game. Tiger initiated, Lopez received the ball in the counterattack, and then passed it to Mendeta who was inserted in the middle. After Mendeta received the ball, he dunked over Koku and shot with his left foot. The ball flew into the goal against the post.

In the following time, although Barcelona relied on two Dutchmen, Frank de Boer and Koku, to win the game with two consecutive shots, they still swallowed the bitter fruits in great helplessness.

Barcelona fans began to protest to the team by waving white handkerchiefs. This is the traditional way of protest for Spanish teams. The white handkerchiefs flying all over the stands. In the pain of Barcelona, ​​the carnival of Valencians!

"The club is now time to change! There are too many Dutch people in our team, and Nunes is too letting Van Gaal! I heard that we had the opportunity to sign Tiger this summer, but Van Gaal refused. He wanted to have his Ajax direct descendant! We are Barcelona! Not Ajax! Because we want to buy two outdated former Ajax players (referring to Ronald Debor and Litmanin), we actually missed Tiger, who is only twenty-five years old! Look at his performance this season! If we had him, would we still lose so badly in the Champions League? His salary is only three million US dollars! Look at what Litmanin with a salary of five million US dollars is doing!"

A Barcelona fan said angrily in an interview after the game that there are quite a lot of disputes within Barcelona, ​​and the fans are divided into two factions, and the majority of those who are disgusted with the increasing power of the Dutch gang within Barcelona are - Catalonia itself is a region that has been clamoring for independence...

In this case, Van Gaal's move to refuse to introduce a British man but instead of his own Dutch direct lineage has once again become a major crime for Van Gaal - Nunes also wanted to put all the pressure on Van Gaal. If Barcelona hadn't had the chance to win the league championship, Van Gaal might have been fired on the spot.

In sharp contrast to Barcelona's noisy, the Valencia team who returned to their city, was once again treated like a hero. Chairman Garcia smiled happily - Cooper was brought by him, and Tiger was introduced by him. Now, his position has become as stable as Mount Tai...

With two rounds left in the league, Valencia is now seven points ahead of fifth place Osasuna and has firmly qualified for the Champions League next season. La Coruna, who is ranked first, is five points away - there is still a chance to win the championship. However, at this time, Cooper will never give up the Champions League championship game for a illusory result!

"A good day off, the training starts the day after tomorrow, boys." Cooper said to all the players before the team was disbanded.

This decision was unanimously cheered by Valencia's players.

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"Hey, Tiger, congratulations, you've reached the Champions League final!"

After returning home and taking a short rest, Tiger received a call from Almodovar, which made Tiger stunned for a moment.

"Yes, it's a pity that the opponent in the final is Real Madrid, otherwise I think you will definitely support me..." Tiger said with a smile. The "you" he said is of course all members of the crew of "Everything About My Mother". Almost all the actors and staff of this crew are from Madrid, and of course they will not support Valencia where he is...

"Well, that's of course... By the way, the movie has been completed. There will be a celebration banquet in Barcelona tomorrow. As an investor, can you attend?" Almodova said his real purpose in making a call.

"Barcelona? Pedro, why didn't you say it earlier? I just came back from Barcelona... and there is still a league game in five days." Tiger complained.

"Oh, sorry, because the venue of the banquet was just decided... Can you ask for leave? If you can't ask for leave, forget it... But we all want to meet you." Almodovar said with regret on the other end of the phone.

"Are you asking for leave? Then let me give you a try and I will give you a reply to it in the evening... In fact, we will have a day off tomorrow, and I am just afraid that I won't be able to come back the day after tomorrow. The banquet may be very late, right?" Tiger asked.

"Well, it's a dinner after all." Almodova replied: "And there are some friends who will come to support the scene, and there will be no fewer reporters on the scene. Actually, I think you can participate in this kind of occasion. I noticed that your usual exposure rate is somewhat low. For a player, appropriate exposure rate is also required."

Tiger understood and said no.

After hanging up the phone, Tiger hung up another call to Cooper, saying that he had a dinner party in Barcelona to attend. The movie he invested in was completed and he needed to attend. The dinner was tomorrow night, and he might be one day later.

After thinking about it, Cooper agreed happily. He also heard about Almodova, the Spanish director of Spain. Before, Tiger invested independently in Almodova's new movie, which was also a big news in Spain, he naturally knew that Tiger was not aimless, not to mention that Tiger's approach to asking him for leave in advance also made him feel respected - and in addition, the next two league games were already irrelevant games, so Cooper also agreed happily.

"We will set off to Vigo the day after tomorrow. You can go directly from Barcelona to Vigo." Cooper said this. He was not worried about the physical damage that Tiger would be able to run around Valencia and Barcelona. In the next two rounds of the league, he did not plan to let Tiger play. At most, he would stay in shape on the field and keep his body in shape...

After getting Cooper's approval, Tiger immediately called Ross and invited him to attend the Almodovar crew dinner. To be honest, art films seem to have a longer filming cycle than commercial films with larger investments. "Everything About My Mother" and "Stolen and Killing" were almost at the same time. "Everything About My Mother" has just been completed, and "Stolen and Killing" has been post-production for a long time...

However, art films like "Everything About My Mother" can be released almost as soon as they are finished, while movies like "Stealing and Killing" will take a long time to complete, which can be considered as having their own advantages and disadvantages...
Chapter completed!